Perplexity API pricing.
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Perplexity publishes 4 API prices across 4 products, from $1 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month, checked .
Every price Perplexity publishes
Search API, fast, Own index
$1 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month, $1 at 100,000.
- 1
Pay as you go
pay as you go
$1/1k searches
web_search tool, fast, Model tools
$1 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month, $1 at 100,000.
- 1
Pay as you go
pay as you go
$1/1k searches
web_search tool, Model tools
$2.50 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month, $2.50 at 100,000.
- 1
Pay as you go
pay as you go
$2.50/1k searches
Search API, Own index
$5 per 1,000 searches at 1,000 a month, $5 at 100,000.
- 1
Pay as you go
pay as you go
$5/1k searches
Where to start
Kinds
2
Own index, Model tools
Products
4
4 prices in all
Per 1,000 from
$1
Search API, fast, at 1,000 a month
Free tier
No
none
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Frequently asked
- How much does the Perplexity API cost?
- Search API, fast costs $1 per 1,000 searches when you make 1,000 a month (pay as you go) and $1 at 100,000, checked 21 Oct 2026. Every product and plan is on this page.
- Does Perplexity have a free tier?
- Perplexity publishes no free tier we can read.
- How current are these Perplexity prices?
- We read them from Perplexity's own page every day; the reading on this page is from 21 Oct 2026, from the pricing page's Search API and tool tables. Tax is extra.
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